Where does “käsipidur” come from?

käsipidur (Estonian) comes from Estonian pidur, from Estonian -r, from Old Norse -ari, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

käsipidur (Estonian): handbrake

Definitions

  1. handbrake

Ancestry of “käsipidur”, step by step

käsipidur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian pidur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianpidurbrake
2Estonian-rForms various agent nouns
3Old Norse-aria suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;...
4Latin-āriuser
5Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via Estonian käsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankäsihand
2Proto-Finnickäciarm; hand
3Proto-Uralickätehand
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Old Norse -ari →